Upholstering edging



June 9, 1931.

F. 1.. SMlTi-i UPHOLSTERING EDGING Original Filed March 29, 1928 INVENTOR.

Ff'ank l smith ATTO R N EY S.

Patented June 9, 1931 UNITED rnanx L. summon COLUMBIANA, OHIO urnorsrnnmc Enema Original application filed-March 29, 1928, Seria1No.265,710,; Divided and this mama filed January 5,

1 1930. Serial No. 418,896. I T

The present invention relates to upholster- I ing. edging more'particularly adapted for use on chair bottoms or platforms, upon which the cushions are mounted, and this applica- ,5 tion is a division of that filed by me March 29, 1928, Serial Number 265,710, Methods.

and apparatus for making upholstering edging.

The primary object of this invention isto provide 1 upholstering edging which is primarily shaped and provided with flap or flange means wherebyit may be cut from long stock lengths into relatively shorter sections of the desired length and applied to the cushion platforms of stools, benches, chairs,

davenports, etc., with minimum of labor and time and which when in place assists in the provision ofneat, comfortable and durable a a substantially flat cross section as shown in r articles of furniture. As an example of application of upholstering edging of the character disclosed and claimed in this applica-,

tion, to a chair bottom or platform, reference may be had to my co-pending application for I method of constructing furniture, filed March 29, 1928, Serial Number 265,711. 7 Other objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the following detailed description, taken in connection with the accom-.

panying drawings forming a part of this specification, and in which drawlngs thruout the views, A designates the improved upholstering edging, B an example of a typical chair bottom or platform and C and D stitching which by way of example may be or platform as in my said co-pending application, Serial'Number 265,711.

The edging A comprlses a gated casing 25, preferably of fabrlc, such as burlap, a flexible, compressible filler 44 such as hair, cotton, fiber or any of the well known lplication Serial Number 265,710, wherein is F less thickness at the longitudinal sides'29 Figure 1 is a fragmentary perspective view j and 30 thanthe intermediate longitudinal portion 31. Thestit'ching53, which may be characters designate corresponding parts used to secure the edging to the chair bottom flexible, elon- 1 CLISlDOILPlatfOIm:BLCOIIIPIISGS 1nf additlon to 1 *metal'or the like, spring-means 12, spring fillers used in the upholstering or furniture making art, and rows 52, 53 and 54 of stitching extending longitudinally of the casing and running thruthe casing 25 and filler 44 from one face of the, casing to theother face 55 thereof, to holdthe edging primarily to the desired cross section. I s

As tothe casing '25, it may comprise the mainbody-part 26, made from a long strip 7 of flexible material, such as burlap or any other, approved. material or fabric, doubled upon. itself I with "the longitudinal marginal portions secured together :by stitching '15,

inwardly of and a short distance from the, edges 28 toprovide marginal flaps 16,. f IQ fter the filler 44 has been. placed in the casing, in any approved manner, the stuffed casing is treated so as to give theassembly the drawings and locate the marginal flaps edging; This may be'accomplished by following the method inmy said co pending apalso vdisclosed, by way of example, those steps in a method whereby the thus flattened as- ;sembly mayvinitially have, and to a certain extent inherently maintain a cross sectionof lock-stitches, is made to have a greater length thru-the assembly. than the stitching 52 and N 54, which may also be lock-stitching Thus T when the'edging is secured to the cushion I platformof the'chair or other'article of furniture, as shown in Figure 3, the. cushiomnot shown in the drawings, may snugly settle upon the edging ator adjacent its portion l 31 of greatest'thickness,theoverhanging or outer edge 30 will be neat, and the: inner edge '29 will cooperate with the top wallof abox casing 18 so as to presentno abrupt edge but rather a gradual merging of the top surface "of'one'into the topdsurface of the other.

, In the1example'shown in 'Figure'3, the

the'box'casing 18, rigid frame 10, o f wood,

supporting strips 13 and shaping frame 14, which shapes the box casing.

The edging may be initially secured to the box casing by stitching C extending longitudinally of and thru the flaps 16, and subsequently secured by the stitching D extending thru the as at 55 and 56, between the stitching 52, 53 and'54, and looped about the shaping frame 14 as well as extending thru the box casing 18.

The flaps 16 as shown in Figure 3 have a dual function, that is, to serve to primarily secure, by receiving the stitching C, the main bed; of theedging to the platform and also to 11, so to speak, the crevice between the ed portion 29 and the top of box casing 18.

ile,.in practice, the flaps 16 may not remain in the position shown in Figures 1 and 2, after the edging has been applied to the platform, due to the method of first sewing the edging to the platform material while in one position, and then swinging the edging over to the position shown in Figure 3, it is important that the flaps 16 be initially, inwardly of the edge 29 of the main body of the edging'so that the fabric of casing 26 willbe somewhat stretched as a result of swinging of the edging to the position shown in Figure 3, and also permitting the flaps 16 to act as a filler in what otherwise might be a crevice between the edging and the top wall of box casing 18.

I claim:

1. As an article of manufacture a strip of upholstering edging comprising a stuffed body of fabric having a substantially fiattened cross section with stitches extending thru the thickness thereof in longitudinal courses along the longitudinal side edges of said edgin to hold'the side portions of the edging. witha less effective thickness than the longitudinal central portion of said edging.

2. As an article of manufacture a strip of upholstering edging comprising a stuffed body of fabric having a substantially flattened cross section with stitches extending thru the thickness thereof in longitudinal courses along the longitudinal side edges of saidedging to hold the side portions of the edging with a less effective thickness than the longitudinal central portion of said edging, and transverse stitching thru the thickness of the edging midway between the longitudinal side edges thereof, said last mentioned stitching extending in a longitudinal course along the central longitudinal axis of the edging.

'3. As an article of manufacture a strip of upholstering edging comprising a stuffed body ofvfabric having a substantially flattened cross section with stitches extending thru the thickness thereof in longitudinal coursesalong the longitudinal side edges of said origin .to hold the side portions of the edging wit a less effective thickness than the cfv loqgitudi'nal central-portion of said edging,

transverse stitching thru the thickness of the edging midway between the longitudinal side edges thereof, said last mentioned stitching extending in a longitudinal course along the central longitudinal axis of the edging, and an attaching flap secured to the under side of the edging adjacent to but spaced inwardly from a side longitudinal edge thereof and extending toward said side longitudinal edge.

ing.

FRANK L. SMITH. 

